Micheal van Wyk

3 weeks ago | miningfocusafrica.com | Divya Rajagopal |Portia Crowe |Micheal van Wyk

Mali’s government recently seized three tonnes of gold in a dispute with Barrick. (Image of the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining complex. Courtesy of Barrick Gold.)Mali is forecasting a slight recovery in industrial gold output in 2025 on the assumption that mining giant Barrick Gold will resume operations after a months-long standoff with the government, a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.

1 month ago | miningfocusafrica.com | James Attwood |Micheal van Wyk

Copper’s rise is being driven “solely by supply concerns surrounding the potential for universal tariffs to be placed on all imports of copper into the US,” said Natalie Scott-Gray, a senior metals demand analyst at StoneX, on Tuesday. The US is “heavily reliant on foreign copper, with imports accounting for [around] 45% of demand,” she added. The US is about to be flooded with a massive wave of copper as a worldwide dash to front-run potential tariffs by US President Donald Trump comes to a head.

2 months ago | miningfocusafrica.com | Bate Felix |Micheal van Wyk

South African authorities on Monday suspended rescue operations for an unspecified number of alleged illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine shaft west of Johannesburg due to safety concerns. Rescue teams were able to descend 70 meters into the shaft to a makeshift platform before the operation became too risky to continue, according to an emergency services official. “The search and rescue operation… has been terminated for now.

2 months ago | miningfocusafrica.com | Orucho Bonface Tengeya |Micheal van Wyk

New players are emerging in Africa’s mining sector as global demand for critical minerals soars. These nations are pushing for and securing new deals that, if well-harnessed, can play a role in the transformation of their resource economies. By Bonface ORUCHOAfrica’s mining sector continues to attract global players, with an increasing number of African nations securing high-stakes deals for critical minerals.

Jan 16, 2025 | miningfocusafrica.com | Micheal van Wyk

The Critical Minerals Africa conference – hosted in Cape Town and organized by Energy Capital&Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com) – has been rebranded to African Mining Week (AMW). This move reflects the integrated opportunities across the continent’s energy and mining sectors and aims to drive a culture of collaboration among these strategic sectors.